can birds be bi sexual?

[wildorchid053]

i have what i thought was 3RIR roos and 1RIR hen..it hasn't ever crowed. is about 5" smaller than the other roos. they were all born the same time.. they are 5 mos old and last night it mounted one of my hens.. do hens do this or is it a roo?

this is he/she with other sex link hens the tail doesn't curl like the other roos either

this is what the other roo looks like..

 

[bigchickenman]

Rooster,I raise RIR and it looks like the roosters I have.I have one that is considerably smaller than the other two as well.

 

[delawaregirl09]

You have Three RIR Roosters. I love them, they are beautiful! And nice sex-links too on the hens!

 

[Mahonri]

its a roo.

 

[hinkjc]

I agree, the 2nd pic shows a sexlink hen and 2 roos.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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Agreed.

 

[solarquail]

DEFINELTY a rooster probobaly cause that one is smaller it lacks confidence thats how my little red is he doesnt crow as much as big red does

 

[CoyoteMagic]

To answer your question, yes hens do do this too. It tends to happen more when there isn't a roo in the population. I have one BSL that crows every morning when getting up and every evening before going to bed. She did lay really pretty large brown eggs. Double yolks at least once a week.

This behavior started the fall of her 2nd year. We had a rooster but he had started chasing my old cats and I was having none of that. He moved away and Broomhilda has taken over his place as roo. She has always been top hen now she is top roo too.

 

[Goose and Fig]

That's definately a roo. I started out with 2 RIR roos. One was smaller and had curled toes. We called him Gimpy. Even though he feathered in completely he never crowed. He was so sweet. Sadly a coon got him & one of my ducks

I recently had to sell my other RIR roo (and his girls went with him)
After he was about a year old he started jumping on your back if you weren't looking. Scared the heck out of the kids.